The Only Downside to BlizzCon

I’m so, totally psyched for Cataclysm, it’s unbelievable. I was pretty excited for Wrath, but I think this far surpasses it. This is, as many have said, the closest we are ever going to get to “WoW 2″. Not only is Blizzard changing the very land in Azeroth, they’re changing many of the aspects of how we deal with it. I really like how they’re giving us a game that has more lore, while trying to add some fun factor to the game with things like the new goblin racials.

The other part of BlizzCon that I really liked but didn’t really mention was the new Battle.net that Blizzard is working on. It sounds like they’re trying to add more social features, allowing you to do things like chat with your friends across games. For instance, if you’re playing WoW and a friend is playing SC2, you’ll still be able to talk with them as if you’re in the same game with them. Same sort of thing with the cross-server LFG; Blizzard is breaking down some of the barriers that have existed for a long time in the online game space, mostly so the players can interact with more people, hopefully improving their experience.

Of course, there is a downside. We’ve been given a little taste of the awesomeness that Blizzard plans for us in the future. But now that we’ve had that taste, we want it now. I spent two days in a world that doesn’t exist in the wild yet. And now I have to go back to doing Argent Tournament dailys. Ignorance is bliss.